Farewell Maugein

[vivdunstan]

Sad news from France, with the closure of accordion makers Maugein. I was delighted with the compact chromatic button accordion they built new for me last year. Built to a high standard, and the company staff were so helpful to deal with throughout the process, coping with my schoolgirl French!

Here is my adored French box, photographed on the day it arrived in June 2023.

Comments

[greenwoodside]

That looks amazing!

I was surprised this morning when I read an article about them closing. I would have thought they were well placed as the go-to people for luxury/top-quality accordions. A bit like one of the niche concertina firms here in the UK, though they generally seem to have much smaller teams than Maugein with its twelve or so people.

[vivdunstan]

Sadly their prices are very high, and they were competing against other top quality makers in Europe, especially in Italy. I’m not surprised this has happened, though obviously very sad about it.